Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are facing a perfect storm of regulatory changes that demand they provide a higher quality of care at a lower cost.
Bill demands prison time for nursing home investors guilty of ‘corporate greed’
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 12, 2024
A new Senate bill adds the threat of six years of prison time and considerable financial clawbacks and penalties for executives found to have “looted” healthcare organizations such as nursing homes,...
When blinding conditions open the eyes
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 27, 2016
It would be reasonable to think that a storm that caused dozens of deaths and the shutdown of federal government offices is a bad thing, a very bad thing. But you would be only half right.
Tough times for long-term care
By
Liza Berger
Oct 07, 2009
Could things get any gloomier? I hate to be a pessimist, but when you look at the landscape–from Medicare and Medicaid cuts to the shortcomings of the Five-Star Quality Rating System–the hits...
America’s finest people
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 26, 2016
Here we are again, with another record-breaking snowstorm … when the word SNOW is a four-letter word and just hearing it brings many of us to our knees (often to throw up in a panic in the bathroom!)
Also in the News for Friday, Aug. 19
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 19, 2022
CMS rolls back durable medical equipment reporting rules … High rates of lasting dementia, psychosis found in large COVID study … Kentucky providers affected by severe storms, severe flooding get reporting...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Jan. 11
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 11, 2023
Public Health Emergency extension — possibly the last — expected this week … Washington hospitals advocate for increased LTC funding as Legislature opens … California long-term care insurance task...
Poor outcomes linked to severe weather
By
Mary Gustafson
Dec 01, 2011
Long-term care residents who are displaced from their facility following a natural disaster are more susceptible to illness, injury and death, new study results show.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Jan. 26
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 25, 2022
Virginia considers minimum staffing mandates for nursing homes … Infected CNAs recount their ongoing work at short-staffed California nursing homes … Death of two residents during winter storm at nursing...
Providers prep as Hurricane Dorian intensifies
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 29, 2019
Long-term care facilities in Florida are in disaster-prep mode as they brace themselves for Hurricane Dorian, which is expected to become a Category 4 storm by the weekend.